Eligibility Requirements for SAVES:

• Must be a Resident of Miami-Dade County.
• Must have an eligible immigration document and must be within the five-year limit from the date
  of entry to receive services.

Eligible immigration status

• Entrants – Restricted to Cubans or Haitians (in removal proceeding)
• Public Interest and Humanitarians parolee – Cubans and Haitians
• Parolees -> Cubans, Haitian Afghans or Ukrainians
• Asylees -> All nationality
• Refugee -> All Nationality
• New categories of ORR – eligible Ukrainian populations and other non-Ukrainian individuals
  displaced from Ukraine
• Special Immigrants of Iraqi or Afghan Nationality
• Victims of Human Trafficking – All Nationality.
  Only with a certified letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ORR
  Certification Letter-Trafficking Victim, to be verified by calling the number listed at the
  bottom of the letter.)
• Amerasian.

Eligible Documents

• I-94 with eligible code -> For eligible nationality Public Interest and Humanitarians parolee – Cubans and Haitians
• Asylee Stamp → All nationality Asylees -> All nationality
• I-571 Refugee Document → All nationalityNew categories of ORR – eligible Ukrainian populations and other non-Ukrainian individuals
• Asylum Approval Letter → All nationalitySpecial Immigrants of Iraqi or Afghan Nationality
• Pending Removal Hearing → Cubans and Haitians
• Court letter stating that they are in Removal processing -> Haitians & Cubans
• I-862 stating that individuals are in removal proceedings -> Haitians & Cubans
• I-220A Order of Release on Recognizance → Cubans and Haitians
• I-797 with I-589 (receipt notice of asylum application, biometric, court hearing) – Cubans & Haitians
• I-797 with I-589 (receipt notice of approved asylum) -> any nationality
• I-765 Employment Authorization (EAD) with eligible code –> All Nationality
• I-551 LPR Card with the appropriate category with eligible code and date -> All nationality
• Trafficking Victim or Victim of Trafficking (VOT) → ORR Certification Letter -> All Nationality.

Most Frequent codes on eligibility documents

• For Haitians and Haitians on I-94 or passport with (Hf HT, DT)
• For Cubans on I-94 or passport with (CFR, CP, CU6, CPD DT
• For Ukrainians or anyone who lived in Ukraine I-94 with code (“UHP, U4U)
• For Afghans and Special immigrant on I-94 or passport of Iraq (SI or SQ codes)
• Asylees for any nationality with (AS1-AS8
• Refugees with I-94 or passport with (RE1- RE9)
• Victim of Trafficking Family Member eligibility →Certification letter is not required; Immigration status (T2/3/4/5/6, etc.) is required.
• Amerasians with Codes AM1, AM2, or AM3)
• Vietnamese Passport Amerasian Documentation

…and More

PLEASE CONTACT A SAVES SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE If the document or the code is not listed FOR
FURTHER CLARIFICATION 

Classes are offered in the mornings, afternoons, evenings, and on weekends. Check the school nearest you for more information.

*** All Nationality must have an approved Employment referral from a Comprehensive Refugee Service Agency.

*** Services provided are available based on the availability of funds.

The SAVES program is sponsored by the Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services Program, and is funded solely with grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement.